Oculus Developer Release Notes: v20

Oculus Integration for Unity - v20

• Added an option to preview OVROverlay inside the Unity editor.

• Used the culture-invariant string.Format() method when converting OVRPlugin types to string.
• Added support for bottom/top layout via OVROverlay stereo layers. Through this, we added a new OVROverlay flag, invertTextureRects. To use the old behavior, toggle this flag as necessary.

• Fixed random Unity editor crash when building scenes with Oculus XR plugin.

• Ended support for Unity version 2017.4. The minimum supported Unity Editor version for Oculus development is 2018.4.
• Updated the Oculus Unity Integration package to v18.0, including:
• Updated OVRPlugin to 1.52
• Updated the Audio Spatializer to 20.0
• Updated the Platform integration to 19.0
• Updated the Avatar integration to 20.0
• Updated the LipSync integration to 20.0

• Updated Oculus master license for the Oculus Integration package.

Unreal Engine 4 Integration

• Update OVRPlugin to v20 (1.52).

• Avatars: Fixed orientation issues and an issue with UOvrAvatarManager not checking for the same App ID strings that FOnlineSubsystemOculus checks for.
• Avatar sample: Updated the DefaultEngine.ini to use the correct OnlineSubsystemOculus app ids for Rift.
• CloudSaveDLC sample: Updated the links in the CloudSaveDLC sample README file.
• MRC: Fixed an issue with change handlers for MRC settings that caused crashes when MRC wasn’t active.
• Oculus Lipsync: Fixed known issue with the Lipsync sample and UE 4.25.
• Oculus Spatializer: Fixed a known issue that caused projects using the spatializer to crash when created or opened.

• The motion controller events do not work with Oculus devices in Unreal Engine 4.25. On 4.25, you must bind Oculus Touch events in their input mapping.

Platform SDK

• Maintenance release.

Avatar SDK

• This is a maintenance release. There are no developer-facing changes in this release.

Mobile SDK

• The ovrDeviceType values, VRAPI_DEVICE_TYPE_OCULUSGO and VRAPI_DEVICE_TYPE_MIVR_STANDALONE, have been removed from the API.
• The ovrModeFlags flag, VRAPI_MODE_FLAG_FRONT_BUFFER_565, has been removed from the API.
• The ovrSystemStatus value, VRAPI_SYS_STATUS_FRONT_BUFFER_565, has been removed from the API.
• The ovrProperty, VRAPI_BLOCK_REMOTE_BUTTONS_WHEN_NOT_EMULATING_HMT, has been removed from the API.
• The ovrSystemUIType types, VRAPI_SYS_UI_KEYBOARD_MENU and VRAPI_SYS_UI_FILE_DIALOG_MENU, have been removed from the API.
• vrapi_ShowFatalError is now marked deprecated and should no longer be used.
• The deprecated vrapi_ShowSystemUIWithExtra entry point has been removed from the API.

Audio SDK

• Maintenance release that contains bug fixes and performance improvements.

Other Developer Updates

• A marketing attribution dashboard was recently added to help you track how effective your marketing efforts are. For more information, see Marketing Attribution Analytics.
• Looking to submit your app to the Oculus Store? Check out a new developer guide focused on the many best practices, recommendations, and insights to help you with technical review, passing the VRCs, and content review. Oculus Store - App Submission Success Guide.